1560GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024

1560 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 27 June 2024 in a kitchen or other place where food is kept— (i) wash or permit the washing of clothing or bed linen; or (ii) keep or permit to be kept any soiled clothing or bed linen; subject to clause 8.34— (i) keep, store, prepare or cook food in any sleeping apartment; or (ii) unless sick or invalid and unable to leave a sleeping apartment for that reason, use a sleeping apartment for dining purposes; place or keep, in any part of a lodging house, any luggage, clothing, bedding, bed linen or furniture, that is infested with vermin or vectors of disease; store or keep such a quantity of furniture, material or goods within the lodging house— (i) in any kitchen, living or sleeping apartment so as to prevent the cleaning of the floors, walls, fittings or fixtures; or (ii) in a sleeping apartment so as to decrease the air space to less than the minimum required by this Part; obstruct or prevent the keeper or manager from inspecting or examining the room or rooms occupied by the lodger or resident; and fix any fastener or change any lock to a door or room without the written approval of the keeper. 8.34 Approval for storage of food (1) An EHO may— upon written application from a keeper, approve the storage of food within a refrigerator or sealed container in a sleeping apartment; and withdraw the approval if a nuisance or vector of disease infestation is found to exist in the lodging house. (2) The keeper of a serviced apartment may permit the storage and consumption of food within that apartment if suitable storage and dining facilities are provided.